October of 2012

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Regional Sports Meet: Sakteng girls make it to the nationals

Football

Oct 07, 2012 1 mins read 147 views
Lhamoizingkha's decade long wait for a town

Dagana

Oct 07, 2012 2 mins read 167 views
Customer Care Service Centre: In hope to respond to complaints

Customer Care Service Centre

Oct 07, 2012 2 mins read 132 views
Streamline rules for foreign workers

Letter to the editor

Oct 07, 2012 1 mins read 168 views
Drawing an underline

Editorial

Oct 07, 2012 2 mins read 135 views
Internet Service Provider: Interrupted internet access

Internet

Oct 07, 2012 1 mins read 179 views
Truck runs over girl

Accident

Oct 07, 2012 1 mins read 156 views
Kalapang, Mongar: Trapped leopardess released

Wildlife

Oct 07, 2012 1 mins read 148 views
Five Year Plans: Who plans the Plan?

Planning

Oct 07, 2012 3 mins read 161 views
1,108 books yet to be returned

Library

Oct 05, 2012 2 mins read 144 views
Yak Herding: A vanishing way of life

Lifestyle

Oct 05, 2012 4 mins read 214 views
World Bank approved USD 45M to reduce poverty

World Bank

Oct 05, 2012 1 mins read 145 views
Mechanised Farming: Punakha farmers adopt improved methods

Agriculture

Oct 05, 2012 2 mins read 146 views
Highland Dairy Products: No impact on trade despite ban

Livestock

Oct 05, 2012 2 mins read 155 views
Pemagatshel Potato Growers: Farmers bemoan too much rain

Potatoes

Oct 05, 2012 2 mins read 159 views
Three men, a youth, 3,900 tablets

Drugs

Oct 05, 2012 2 mins read 147 views
Lopen Link: 185 - An underutilised toll free number

Lopen Link

Oct 05, 2012 2 mins read 196 views
Sherpa community's interest in learning Dzongkha

Non-Formal Education (NFE)

Oct 05, 2012 2 mins read 171 views
Assault: Man battered unconscious

Crime

Oct 05, 2012 2 mins read 176 views
Samkhar, Trashigang: Not a single gewog tshogde held since election

Election

Oct 05, 2012 2 mins read 170 views
TCBS Classification: Most hotels fail to meet three-star criteria

Tourism

Oct 05, 2012 3 mins read 190 views
Kalapang Leopard: Trapped, tranquillised, transported to Taba

Wildlife

Oct 05, 2012 2 mins read 149 views
Resume city bus for Hongtsho

Letter to the editor

Oct 05, 2012 1 mins read 164 views
Held over a barrel

Editorial

Oct 05, 2012 1 mins read 178 views
Gelephu Domestic Airport: Will it be a white elephant?

Domestic Air Service

Oct 05, 2012 3 mins read 152 views
Foreign Exchange Reserve: Not quite panic button time?

Foreign Exchange Reserve

Oct 05, 2012 3 mins read 167 views
Thimphu league finals

Football

Oct 05, 2012 0 mins read 151 views
Reducing Emission...

Workshop

Oct 05, 2012 0 mins read 158 views
Summer Basketball Tournament: Sparks and Phojas win

Basketball

Oct 04, 2012 2 mins read 211 views
Gaeddu college to start MBA course next year

Gaeddu college

Oct 04, 2012 1 mins read 150 views
Contractor starts rectification work

Road

Oct 04, 2012 1 mins read 156 views
Tackling climate change

Letter to the editor

Oct 04, 2012 2 mins read 192 views
Dying for survival

Editorial

Oct 04, 2012 2 mins read 181 views
Import-Export Disparity: Barely in the black

Energy

Oct 04, 2012 1 mins read 158 views
Kalapang Leopard: Caught alive in makeshift trap

Wildlife

Oct 04, 2012 2 mins read 143 views
Fuel: Truckers call off strike

Fuel

Oct 04, 2012 2 mins read 141 views
A' Divison Thimphu League: Drukpol wins its first league title

Football

Oct 03, 2012 1 mins read 182 views
Summer basketball finals today

Basketball

Oct 03, 2012 1 mins read 182 views
One suspended, four warned for abusing marijuana

Crime

Oct 03, 2012 1 mins read 166 views
Daifam, S/J: No vegetable growers here .

Vegetables

Oct 03, 2012 2 mins read 190 views
Resa, Saling: Predator killed was an old female black panther

Wildlife

Oct 03, 2012 2 mins read 161 views
Lhamoizingkha: New school enlivens a community

School

Oct 03, 2012 2 mins read 180 views
Diplomatic relations

Diplomacy

Oct 03, 2012 0 mins read 0 views
Procedures followed as per directive

Letter to the editor

Oct 03, 2012 1 mins read 181 views
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Recents

Games they didn’t play

The lone women’s team taking part in the Bhutan National Archery Championship has literally raised some eyebrows. Smartly dressed in kira and competing shoulder to shoulder on compound bows with 83 other teams, team Kurukulle is also attracting a lot of attention.

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The Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) introduced a new set of loan restructuring measures this year aimed at helping struggling borrowers, particularly businesses hit hard during pandemic. The move marks a shift from the broad loan deferment approach under Monetary Measures IV (MM4), which officially ended on June 30, this year.

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